When fishing for lings/rocks we have used the Berkley 6" saltwater grub for years and they are a home run! Pink Shine has far & away been the highest producing version, but we have had success with several other colors. When fishing for lings/rocks it's all we use...(of course we add a piece of herring to each hook)

 

Indeed Charles, they work awesome…

We usually run a large, usually 6“ or 7”white curly tail on a large enough jig head to properly stay up & down.
Stagger up a couple smaller baits of your choice.
Dropper Loop knots work great for this.
Boom……
A big pipe jig on the bottom of this set up works great too.

Always be mindful of the extra hooks on the deck & when unhooking those big ole mean lings.
This set up can catch more than fish😃
Don’t Ask🤣
😎🐠🐡🐟🎣

 

Indeed Charles, they work awesome…

We usually run a large, usually 6“ or 7”white curly tail on a large enough jig head to properly stay up & down.
Stagger up a couple smaller baits of your choice.
Dropper Loop knots work great for this.
Boom……
A big pipe jig on the bottom of this set up works great too.

Always be mindful of the extra hooks on the deck & when unhooking those big ole mean lings.
This set up can catch more than fish😃
Don’t Ask🤣
😎🐠🐡🐟🎣

Thats my go to rig also...

 

A lot of the charters use them religiously. I have experienced it and they work! Nuclear chicken was the top producer.

 

We started with nuclear chicken and it def produced...we switched to pink shine on a "hunch" and we haven't looked back! I think the color makes a difference outside of the spawning season, otherwise they'd attack a shoe!

 

6” Berkeley grubs in nuclear chicken

 

Ugh, I accidentally posted this thread twice. I've asked the moderators to combine them. Sorry

 

I kinda think you need a fishing fix!

 

I've used gulp curly tails off the jetty for black rock, they work very well.

 

I use them for halibut....because I think halibut use olfaction as their primary sense to locate prey, sometimes from a substantial distance and follow the scent trail to the bait.

I think that rockfish and lings rely more on their vision to detect and hone in on their prey, so I don't bother with the more expensive scented plastics for them because I think the scent is unnecessary for these species. Also, in the areas that I fish, finding 5 (or 7) willing rockfish biters and a couple of lingers is usually pretty simple with regular plastics or iron.

Will they work? Of course they will. Are they necessary for these species? In my experience, no.

 

i don't find Ling cod to be selective feeders. if you get any swim bait or grub tail jig down in their zone they will be eating it.. I don't see the need to use scented bait for them.

 

where i spend a lot of time, WCVI they are fairly durable and effective for both Ling and Halibut. I mostly use glow or white w rock salt cured halibut flag. Sadly the ocassional Yelloweye find them attractive…i have a DR rigged w barotrauma release…..

 

Fishing on party boats in California, Gulp Saltwater Scented soft plastics always seemed to be more productive than the people using unscented soft plastics for Rockfish. That was my best side by side comparison, since there were plenty of people using both right next to each other.

 

Fishing on party boat in California, Gulp Saltwater Scented soft plastics always seemed to be more productive the people using unscented soft plastics for Rockfish. That was my best side by side comparison, since there were plenty of people using both right next to each other.

Hands Down: side by side comparison, 2 to 1 easily on Rockfish Gulp over unscented…
😎🐠🐡🐟🎣

 

Gulp works great for ling cod. The small little Gulp grubs that come in a little pail are an amazing tippet for shrimp flies... For everything from rock fish up to ling cod.

 

For some reason the solid white is the money color. I have tried the opaque that glows as well as other colors but the white outfishes them and yes, they work great!

 

They’ve work excellent for me. I like the nuclear chicken and new penny colors. The one problem I’ve encountered with them is that the tails can be bit off pretty easily by fish. That can add up at $6.00 a pack. There’s also a power grub version that is 8” and much more durable. Those only come in glow or white though.

 

agreed, the tails get bit off all the time...we still fish them though and they catch fish...that chunk of herring doesn't hurt!

 

It all works. I've never in my adult life used anything but a pipe jig or lead with hooks in it(shrimp fly above) and been blanked our out fished.
Lingcod should not be over thought.
they're either there, or they are not.

 

When fishing from a boat I prefer BIG big hammer swim baits with 6-8 oz jig heads. From rocks or jetties I often use zoom/gulp flukes Carolina rigged weedless. They catch fish like crazy, and snag very seldom.

 

6 inch gulp work great for lings in the colors mentioned.

We cast and retrieve a lot along the nearshore rocks for rockfish up at Neah Bay. Gulp Power Tubes (3") on a 1 ounce jighead work great for rockfish. Lots of colors to chose from. Personal favorites, Lucky Penny, Smoke Gold & Goby Magic.

 

Semi-Pro Tip: Take the Gulp grub off before storing your gear. Those things shrivel up and turn into concrete.

 

Speaking of which, one of the dory guys made jigs out of concrete. Says they worked.

 

Lings are usually pretty dumb when guarding nests. They even hit a tube full of lead with a bare hook hanging on it. But, nothing wrong with adding a bit of bait, scent or a squiggly thing.

 

if scent is a thing, why not just dribble some anise or bloody tuna type of scent on a rubber jig?

 

Any scent will help.

But fish go crazy for whatever scent they impregnate in their soft baits.

 

Pretty good sale on Berkeley Gulp Alive products going on over at Fish Field. Just ordered $100 in various products and sizes for halibut, lingcod and rockfish.

Not sure if you can find them cheaper online or in person since most items are 25% to 70% off. Bought for myself and will share the love w/ fellow iFish Salty Dogs!👌🏻💵👀

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It’s Christmas in January and Santa Claus just delivered! Just received my FishField order this afternoon. Everything was boxed up and packaged perfectly and I’m very pleased with the product. Can’t wait for the big salt to lay down and the halibut season to begin! 🛥🎣

Pretty good haul of Gulp Alive Saltwater baits that were 25% to 70% off retail! 💰

Grand total:​	$102.06 USD​

 

I got invited out on a vessel one day go rock fishing. I had on a plastic white grub at One Point I thought hey I got one of those gulp grubs in my bag. I put the same size gulp grub on the second hook. Every fish came on the Gulp Grub. not a single fish bit the plain plastic one. that’s all I know Charles, well it’s not all I know but on that subject

 

I've been using the 3 and 4" on a hook as one of the offerings on my dropper loops...usually a shrimp fly on one dropper loop and then a gulp on another of the droppers...and sometimes its the one that constantly gets bit.

 

Yes we have had good luck with 6 in white curly tail grub

 

It was Sundog (RIP) who was a big proponent of the white/glow gulp saltwater grub in the deep water halibut game. The Dockside Charters party boats (Tackle Buster and Surfrider) have been using Berkeley Gulp for lingcod and rockfish in the nearshore fisheries (for years) and always gets surprise nearshore halibut in the mid-to-late late summer on their 5 hour bottom fishing trips along the coast off Lincoln City and the mouth of the Siletz River.

The scent dispersion, luminescent glow coupled with the vibration are extra factors that can make a difference between a bite/hookup or not. Hitting all the sensory factors (sight, sound and smell) can never be a bad thing when it comes to fishing. I added 6” glow sticks (the ones from Walmart that are sold 4 for $1) to my game in 2023 and it helped produce more action. The Dollar Store sells glow sticks for about the same price.

The average halibut in Oregon is 20 to 30lbs. I started catching 40 to 60 pound halibut (much bigger than the average) when I started using the Berkeley Gulp Saltwater Grubs to my offering and firmly believe that a 75lb to +100 lber is possible off the central coast of Oregon in 2024 for Captain K-Dogg and his band of scalawag misfits fishing off Blackjack this summer!

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